I Don’t Make Decisions Based On Only One Game – Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has ruled out Marouane Fellaini and Michael Carrick for the entire Christmas fixtures.

The United manager told a news conference on Friday: “Fellaini is not available. Michael Carrick, no. Not for the Christmas period.

“Valencia is out as you know, Eric Bailly is having surgery right now, or is just finishing or is still there, who else? Nobody else, everything is OK.”

Mourinho was critical of a number of his players following the 2-1 defeat to Bristol City on Wednesday, accusing them of “not turning up to the office.”

But he has insisted no one would be shown the exit in January based solely on what happened at Ashton Gate.

He said: “I don’t make decisions based on only one game or one feeling or one night, not at all.

“First of all you always like to speak about the loser, probably you should speak more about the winner, what I told after the match.

“They were lucky but they fought a lot to try to be lucky and is one of the beautiful things that can happen in football when a team from a lower division kills the giant.

“I could be critical with my players but they did enough to win. They lost when they were the only team people believed could win, so we move on and we move on quickly because we have another match.”